Astounding Science Fiction, Volume 43 Number 3, May of 1949. Published by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., New York, NY. 164 pages. Cover art by Paul Orban. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Featuring essays by John W. Campbell, Jr. as The Editor and Lorne MacLaughlan. P. Schuyler Miller and L. Sprague de Camp book reviews on SPACE CADET by Robert A. Heinlen and THE LUNGFISH, THE DODO, AND THE UNICORN (AN EXCURSION INTO ROMANTIC ZOOLOGY) by Willy Ley. Includes the following works of fiction:
Needle (Part 1 of 2), a serial by Hal Clement. Prophecy, a shortstory by Poul Anderson. Mother Earth, a novelette by Isaac Asimov. Lost Ulysses (Advent Part 3 of 5), a novelette by William L. Bade. The Conroy Diary, shortstory by L. Ron Hubbard as René Lafayette.